'Clear winner' declared in Arne Slot vs Mo Salah row as extended Liverpool absence begins

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Arne Slot considers his row with Mohamed Salah to be over after he welcomed the Egyptian star back into the side against Brighton, but the January transfer window could change thingsMohamed Salah has left for the Africa Cup of Nations after losing his power struggle with Liverpool manager Arne Slot. Salah and Slot appear to have buried the hatchet after a tumultuous few weeks, but his future at the club remains uncertain with the January transfer window approaching.Salah claimed that Slot had thrown him under the bus by leaving him on the bench to try and arrest Liverpool’s slump.

He said he no longer had any kind of relationship with his manager and was subsequently left out of the squad to face Inter Milan in the Champions League last week.Slot held clear-the-air talks with Salah and brought him back into the fold for the weekend’s 2-0 win over Brighton. But former Liverpool player Don Hutchison believes Slot has come out of it with his power strengthened and is therefore the winner.READ MORE: Transfer news LIVE: Salah to STAY at Liverpool, Man Utd's £200m plan, Semenyo latestREAD MORE: Jamie Carragher makes Mo Salah 'regret' plea after Liverpool icon's farewell message“I think the clear winner out of this debacle is Arne Slot because Mo Salah said what he said, and everyone's got their opinion on it,” he told oddsboom.

We've never really done it in public, but you have spats in training.“However, the minute you bring the football club into the equation and the minute he said, ‘Liverpool have thrown me under the bus,’ then you have to then face the consequences. It was a superb team performance.“Again, I think the winner is Arne Slot, because Mo Salah probably realises now if he gets in a battle and tries to turn the Liverpool fans for him or the manager, I think the Liverpool fans have shown who they're going to back – that's going to be the manager.